It’s the final weekend of Alice in Wonderland presented by Port Arthur Little Theatre (PALT). Tickets are $11 adults, $9 senior citizens, teachers and military, and $6 for students. Groups of 10 or more can receive a group discount. Tickets can be purchased online at palt.org or by calling (409) 727-7258.

Classic Movie Night at the historic Jefferson Theatre continues with one of the best movies of all time, Raging Bull, on Friday, July 10, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the Beaumont Civic Center box office or immediately before the show at the Jefferson Theatre. Doors will open at 6 p.m.

“I get like a tigress when it’s about my kids,” wrote famed actress Meryl Streep.

I did not get to read the entire interview, but I can only imagine that someone had attacked one of her offspring and she did not like it very much at all. From some of the titles I read on printed media while waiting in grocery check out lanes, I am surprised that more mothers haven’t cried out or attempted to stop the printing of slanderous lies and innuendo that probably has little basis of truth.

While we harbor no disrespect for the Wall Street Journal who called us “that scrappy little paper from Southeast Texas,” we prefer to think of ourselves as simple seekers of the truth. We’re of the opinion that headlines and sound bites never tell the whole story. Our readers demand all the facts, facets and flavors of every story or event. And, they expect to be informed, educated and stirred to action.